Next stop: Future

Next stop:
Future
The new route
network has
been changed.
Modern mobility for
Düsseldorf and its environs.
The time has finally come in February 2016: the “Wehrhahn-Linie” (extension of the underground to Wehrhahn)
will come into operation. With it, a new route network
will be implemented in Düsseldorf. Four new underground
lines will be added, nearly all tram lines travel along different routes and some bus lines also have modified routes.
This has all been implemented with the goal of bringing
our passengers from A to B even faster and more on
schedule. In terms of barrier-free accessibility, the new
route network has been improved significantly.
When planning and implementing the new route network,
it was a matter close to our hearts to tailor our offer to
your needs. That is why we have called it Netz met Häzz
(“network with a heart”).
On the following pages, you can get an overview of the
most important changes and upcoming scheduled events.
All information will be provided in detail on our website.
We wish you a pleasant journey in our
“Netz met Häzz”!
Six new
underground stations.
Schadowstraße
“TURNSTILE”
Artist: Ursula Damm
Heinrich-Heine-Allee
“DREI MODELLRÄUME –
Theater, Labor, Auditorium”
Artist: Ralf Brög
Benrather Straße
“HIMMEL OBEN –
HIMMEL UNTEN”
Artist: Thomas Stricker
Graf-Adolf-Platz
“ACHAT”
Artist: Manuel Franke
Kirchplatz
“SPUR X”
Artist: Enne Haehnle
U
U
U
Pempelforter Straße
“SURROUND”
Artist: Heike Klussmann
U
These six stations are now underground stations. The
station “Jan-Wellem-Platz” will be called “Schadowstraße”
in the new route network. All new underground stations
will feature barrier-free access with escalators and lifts.
The access plans can be found on our website.
Each station has been individually designed by various
artists. As a connecting element, the artwork “Kontinuum” by Heike Klussmann is reflected in the design of all
new underground stations. This means that waiting for
the next train already turns into an experience.
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Four new
underground lines.
CONNECTION FROM …
… Benrath to “Heinrichstraße”
QUICK CONNECTION BETWEEN …
… Ratingen, Volmerswerth and Flehe
QUICK CONNECTION BETWEEN …
… Gerresheim, Grafenberg,
Flingern, the city centre, Bilk,
“Uni-Kliniken” and the university
CONNECTS …
… Benrath with the city centre
and further to “Gerresheim,
Krankenhaus”
U71
U72
U73
U83
Good to know:
ausen. The U70,
The U74 ends in Holth
and U79 lines remain
U75, U76, U77, U78
unchanged.
Six new
tram lines.
CONNECTS …
… “D-Rath S” (later also ISS-Dome)
with Bilk “Am Steinberg”
CONNECTS …
… the new Hochschule Düsseldorf
(HSD) campus via the main station
with “Uni-Kliniken” and “Universität
Nord / Christophstraße”
CONNECTS …
… Unterrath via “Schadowstraße”
with Eller “Vennhauser Allee”
701
704
705
Good to know:
l become line 705.
The former line 715 wil
via Graf-Adolf-Platz
The trams will not run
n), but via Berliner
and Altstadt (Old Tow
nge, the line will
Allee. Except for this cha
remain unchanged.
Six new
tram lines.
CONNECTS …
… Hamm and Oberbilk via “GrafAdolf-Platz” with the city centre
(this line is no longer a ring line)
RUNS FROM …
… Unterrath via the main
station to Medienhafen
CONNECTS …
… Düsseltal via the main station
with “Polizeipräsidium”
706
707
708
Good to know:
lines are replaced by the
The 703, 712 and 713
U73, U72 and U83.
new underground lines
709 line runs between
During peak times, the
te
dfriedhof” at five-minu
“Staufenplatz” and “Sü
e 719 will no longer
intervals. The former lin
ns “Staufenplatz” and
run between the statio
aße”.
“Medienhafen, Kesselstr
Four new
bus connections.
CONNECTS …
… station “Plange Mühle” with
the station “Eller Mitte S”
CONNECTS …
… “Düsseldorf-Zoo” with
“Gerresheim, Krankenhaus”
CONNECTS …
… Harbour “Lausward” via
the main station with Eller
“Vennhauser Allee”
COMMUTES FROM …
… Bilk “Kirchplatz”, alternating its
final stop between Gerresheim
“Morper Straße” and “Eller S”
723
725
732
736
Good to know:
r runs to the harbour.
The 725 line no longe
over the section
The 723 line has taken
ange Mühle”. The
“Franziusstraße” to “Pl
s via the main station.
736 line no longer run
) connection:
City centre (Old Town
0, 782 and 785 now
The bus lines SB50, 78
ic city centre. From
stop closer to the histor
d
“Benrather Straße” an
there, they run along
are then southbound.
A glance back and facts
about the “Wehrhahn-Linie”
With the completion of the “Wehrhahn-Linie”, Rheinbahn and
the City of Düsseldorf can look back on approximately 50 years
underground construction, as the first plans for the underground
extension of urban transport already started in the 1960s.
In 1973, the ground-breaking ceremony for the Düsseldorf underground was held at Fischerstraße. First, the northern route
was begun between Heinrich-Heine-Allee and Kennedydamm.
This was completed eight years after the start of construction
with approximately 1,600 metres of tunnel length, making
Heinrich-Heine-Allee a central hub for public transport.
In the early 1980s, the first preparations were already made
for the Wehrhahn-Linie, and two 200-metre-long sections of
tunnel route were laid out towards Benrather Straße.
This continued in the subsequent years with the section
between Heinrich-Heine-Allee and the main station and the
section between Heinrich-Heine-Allee and “Oberkasseler
Brücke” (the bridge from Düsseldorf City Centre to the other
side of the rhine).
What was already clear in the 1980s, namely that the underground route network would be extended through the
“Wehrhahn-Linie”, became a reality in November 2007 with
the ground-breaking ceremony. On 20th of February 2016,
almost eight years after construction was started, the finished
line between Pempelforter Straße and the urban rail (S-Bahn)
station Düsseldorf-Bilk will be opened. On 21st of February
2016, we will convert our route network to Netz met Häzz
(“network with a heart”).
Facts & figures
Ground-breaking ceremony: 28th of November 2007
Commissioning: 20th of February 2016
Length: 3.4 kilometres
Cost: 843.6 million euros, borne by the City of Düsseldorf,
the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Federal
Republic of Germany
Amount of steel used: 22,000 tonnes
Amount of concrete used: 240,000 cubic metres
You can look forward to
further activities.
You can find further information on our website:
www.rheinbahn.de/NetzMetHäzz
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